ConocoPhillips Co.

James J. (Jim) Mulva is chairman and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips. Mulva served as president and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips from 2002 to 2004. Prior to that, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Phillips Petroleum Company from 1999 to 2002. He had served as Phillips’ president and chief operating officer since May 1994 and executive vice president since January 1994. He had been senior vice president in 1993 and chief financial officer since 1990, at which time he joined the company's management committee. Mulva currently serves as a director for General Electric. He also is a member of The Business Council, as well as the Board of Visitors for the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Born in 1946, Mulva is from Green Bay, Wis. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1968 with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in business administration finance in 1969. Immediately after graduating, Mulva served as a U.S. Navy officer until beginning his career with Phillips in 1973.

John E. Lowe is assistant to ConocoPhillips’ chief executive officer. In this role, Lowe represents the company in many of its external relationships and provides assistance on special assignments. Lowe served as executive vice president of Exploration & Production in 2007, and executive vice president of Commercial in 2006. Prior to that, he was executive vice president, Planning, Strategy and Corporate Affairs since 2002, and senior vice president, Corporate Strategy and Development since 2001. He was named senior vice president of Planning and Strategic Transactions in 2000, after serving as vice president of Planning and Strategic Transactions since 1999. Lowe joined the company in 1981. Lowe currently serves on the board of directors for the Houston Museum of Natural Science. He is a former board member of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, DCP Midstream, DCP Partners, the 66 Federal Credit Union, and OK Mozart. Lowe was born in 1959 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He received a bachelor of science degree in finance and accounting from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1981.

John A. Carrig is president and chief operating officer of ConocoPhillips. Carrig served as executive vice president, Finance, and chief financial officer from 2002 to 2008. He was named senior vice president and chief financial officer in 2001. In 2000, he joined the company’s management committee as senior vice president and treasurer. From 1996 to 2000, he was vice president and treasurer. Carrig served as treasurer in 1995, and assistant treasurer in 1994. Carrig serves on the board of directors for the American Petroleum Institute and is a member of the Overseers Council for the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University. He serves on the board of directors for the Alley Theatre in Houston and on the board of trustees for the The Awty International School Houston. Carrig graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1977, he received his law degree from Temple University, Philadelphia, and attended the New York University School of Law, receiving an advanced degree in tax law in 1978.

Kevin O. Meyers, is president, Russia & Caspian Region, for ConocoPhillips’ exploration & production segment. Meyers joined ARCO Exploration and Production (E&P) Technology in Plano, Texas, in 1980. He held a number of positions in ARCO’s E&P operations in both Texas and Alaska, including serving as senior vice president of the Prudhoe Bay business unit in 1996, then president of ARCO Alaska, Inc. in March 1998. In August of that year, his responsibilities were expanded to include the duties of CEO of ARCO Alaska, Inc., and senior vice president of Atlantic Richfield Company. In 2000, Meyers became senior vice president of Alaska production and operations and president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Phillips Alaska, Inc. He was elected to executive vice president of Alaska production and operations for Phillips Petroleum Company in 2001, and following the ConocoPhillips merger in 2002, became president, Alaska. He assumed his current role in October 2004. Meyers serves on the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska and on the boards of directors of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, the Nature Conservancy of Alaska, the Anchorage Museum Foundation, the Kenai River Sportfishing Association and the U.S. Air Force (Alaska Command) Civilian Advisory Board. Meyers earned undergraduate degrees in chemistry and mathematics from Capital University in 1975 and holds a doctorate in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ryan M. Lance is president, exploration and production – Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, for ConocoPhillips. Lance began his career with ARCO in 1984. He held a number of engineering and operations positions in Alaska before transferring in 1989 to ARCO’s Bakersfield, Calif. operations. Lance returned to Alaska in 1994 as exploration engineering manager. From 1996 to 1998, Lance became planning manager for Vastar Resources in Houston. He was then appointed vice president of the Western North Slope for ARCO Alaska, Inc. Lance returned to Houston in 2001 as the general manager of the Lower 48 and Canada for Phillips Petroleum. With the merger of ConocoPhillips in 2002, Lance became vice president, Lower 48, then president, Asia Pacific, for exploration and production in 2003. In June 2005, he became president, downstream’s strategy, integration and specialty businesses. In April 2006, Lance was named senior vice president, technology and major projects, and in February 2007, was named senior vice president, technology. In September 2007, he assumed his current position as president, exploration and production - Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Lance serves as vice president of the board of trustees for Spindletop International, is an advisory board member of the Montana Tech Foundation and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Lance earned a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from Montana Tech in Butte in 1984.

Sigmund L. (Sig) Cornelius is senior vice president, Finance, and chief financial officer for ConocoPhillips. Cornelius joined Conoco in 1980 in the Natural Gas and Gas Processing organization. Since then he has held numerous positions in the Midstream, Upstream and Finance organizations including serving as President Conoco Canada Ltd, President Dubai Petroleum Company, Treasurer – Conoco, VP Upstream Business Development, President Global Gas and President Lower 48 E&P and most recently as senior vice president, Planning, Strategy & Corporate Affairs. He currently serves on the board for the Theatre Under The Stars and the Yellowstone Park Foundation. A native of Iowa, Cornelius graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University in 1976, and earned master of science degrees in management from both Purdue and Stanford University.

Gregory J. (Greg) Goff is senior vice president, Commercial. He is responsible for optimizing the value of the company’s assets through supply and trading of its commodity portfolio. Goff joined the company in 1981 and held various positions in transportation as well as in supply and trading in Houston and other locations. In 1998, he transferred to Stockholm, Sweden, as managing director and chief executive officer of Conoco JET Nordic. In 2000, he moved to the United Kingdom as chairman and managing director of Conoco Limited, the company’s U.K. refining and marketing affiliate. In 2002, Goff became president of Europe and Asia Pacific downstream activities. In 2004, he was named president of the company’s U.S. Lower 48 and Latin America exploration and production business. He became president, specialty businesses and business development in 2006. Goff serves on the board of directors of DCP Midstream and DCP Partners, as well as the National Advisory Board of the University of Utah Business School. Previously, he served on the board of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and was a member of the downstream committee of the American Petroleum Institute. Goff received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Utah in 1978 and a masters of business administration from the University of Utah in 1981.

Luc J. Messier is senior vice president, project development, for ConocoPhillips. Messier joined ConocoPhillips in February 2007, after serving as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Technip USA since July 2005. He began at Technip in January 2003 and served first as chief operating officer and then as president and CEO of Technip Offshore Inc. Prior to joining Technip USA, Messier held engineering, project management and managing director roles at Bouygues Construction and Pomerlau. He serves on the board of trustees of the AWTY international school. Messier holds bachelor degrees in civil engineering from the University of Sherbrooke and studied Spanish at Bishop's and McGill University, as well as business administration at INSEAD.

Stephen R. Brand is senior vice president, Technology, for ConocoPhillips. Brand began his career with Phillips Petroleum Company in 1976 as a geologist for Exploration and Production (E&P). In 1980, he transferred to Denver as a geologist for the Minerals Group. He became supervisor of North America E&P in Houston in 1982. In 1989, he transferred to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, as a staff director for E&P and held that position until 1992. Beginning in 1992, he served as Canada region manager of North American E&P where he was also president of Phillips Petroleum Resources, Ltd. In 1995, he served as manager Worldwide Business Development, E&P. In 1998, he was named general manager, Australia division. Following the ConocoPhillips merger in 2002, Brand became president, Australasia, and then in 2005 was named vice president, Worldwide Exploration and Business Development, E&P. He assumed his current role as senior vice president in October 2007. Brand was born in 1949 in Owatonna, Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology. He received a Master of Science degree in Geology in 1973 and a doctorate in 1976, both from Purdue University.

W.C.W. (Willie) Chiang is senior vice president, Refining, Marketing and Transportation, for ConocoPhillips. Chiang started his career in refining with engineering, maintenance, project management, operating, and refining management roles for Chevron, independent refiner Powerine Oil Company, and Unocal/Tosco/Phillips. He has been refinery manager of ConocoPhillips refineries in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as general manager/vice president of western region refining. Chiang was named president, downstream strategy, integration and specialty businesses in 2003, and president, Americas supply and trading in 2005. Before being named to his current position, he served as senior vice president, Commercial, with responsibility for optimizing the value of the company’s assets through supply and trading of its commodity portfolio, since 2007. Chiang currently serves on the board of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC. He is a member of the executive board of directors for the Society of Performing Arts. He also serves on the API Downstream Committee and has been involved with the NPRA throughout his career. Chiang was born in 1960 in Corning, N.Y. He received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 1981 and completed the 2004 Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Carin S. Knickel is vice president of human resources for ConocoPhillips. Knickel joined the company in 1979 as a marketing account manager. Over the next eight years she held various operating and planning positions before she was named area director of light oil sales, product supply and trading. After serving in Europe as general manager of business development for refining and marketing and then fulfilling the same role for exploration and production, Knickel returned to the United States as general manager of refining, marketing and transportation. In 2001, she was named president of the company’s specialty businesses division. Knickel assumed her current position in 2003. She has served as a board member for Colorado Special Olympics and now serves on the board of Rebuilding Together – Houston. She is currently chairman of ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run committee, providing scholarship funds for Texas youth. Born in Powell, Wyo., Knickel holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and statistics from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a master’s degree in management from M.I.T.

Frances M. (Fran) Vallejo is vice president and treasurer of ConocoPhillips. Vallejo joined the company as a geophysicist in 1987 and worked in Exploration & Production’s seismic processing and interpretation technology groups in Bartlesville, Okla. In 1991, she transferred to the Bellaire, Texas, office to concentrate on seismic interpretation and then gas supply reporting in 1993. Beginning in 1994, she took an education hiatus, returning in 1996 to Bartlesville as finance associate in treasury. In 1999, she was named manager of strategic transactions, and in 2001 became assistant treasurer. She served as vice president, upstream planning & portfolio management from 2004-2007. Vallejo became general manager, corporate planning and budgets in July 2007, before being named to her current role in October 2008. Vallejo is the past chairman of the 66 Federal Credit Union board of directors, and continues to serve as a director. She also is a 2007 graduate of the Center for Houston's Future Leadership Forum. Born in Pueblo, Colo., Vallejo earned a bachelor’s degree in mineral engineering mathematics (geophysics specialty) from Colorado School of Mines in 1987. In 1996, she received a master of business administration degree in finance and international management from Rice University in Houston and was named a Jones scholar.

Jeff W. Sheets is senior vice president, Planning & Strategy, for ConocoPhillips. Sheets began his career as a process engineer in the North America division of exploration and production in 1980. He held various positions in that group until 1990 when he joined treasury as staff finance director. In 1993, he rejoined the exploration and production staff to become staff finance director in the Norway office. He served as commercial services manager for the company’s operations in Stavanger, Norway, from 1994 to 1997. He returned to the U.S. in 1998 as assistant treasurer, and was named vice president and treasurer in 2001. Sheets is on the board of directors of OIL Investment Corporation Limited, which manages investments for OIL Insurance Limited, a mutual insurance company owned by a wide range of energy and utility companies. Sheets was born in Bossier City, La., in 1958. In 1980, he earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri in Rolla, Mo. He received a masters in business administration from the University of Houston in 1989.

Robert A. (Bob) Ridge is vice president of health, safety and environment for ConocoPhillips. Ridge joined Phillips Petroleum Company in 1978 as a process section supervisor at the Sweeny refiney. Ridge transferred from Phillips 66 Company, where he was manager of planning and budgeting since 1992, to Phillips' Sweeny, Texas complex to serve as manager in 1994. After serving as general manager of refining assets for the company's Sweeny business unit, Ridge was named vice president of health, environment and safety for Phillips Petroleum Company from 2001 to 2002. Ridge has been a member of the board of directors of the Texas Institute for the Advancement of Chemical Technology and has served as a member of the American Petroleum Institute's Operation Practices committee. Ridge was born in 1948 in Walsenburg, Colo., and graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemical and petroleum refining engineering in 1971 from the Colorado School of Mines, for which he serves as liaison.

Janet Langford Kelly is senior vice president, legal, general counsel and corporate secretary for ConocoPhillips. Kelly began her career as a law clerk for the Honorable James Hunter III of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. She was an associate in the corporate and securities group with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York and at Sidley & Austin in Chicago, where she became partner in 1991. In 1995, she became senior vice president, secretary and general counsel at Sara Lee Corporation. Kelly joined Kellogg Company in 1999 where she was executive vice president of corporate development and administration, general counsel and secretary. Kelly joined Kmart Corporation in 2003 as senior vice president, chief administrative officer and chief compliance officer. Prior to joining ConocoPhillips in August 2006 as deputy general counsel and corporate secretary, Kelly was partner at Zelle, Hoffman, Voelbel, Mason and Gette and an adjunct professor at the Northwestern University School of Law. Kelly serves as a trustee for Columbia Funds and on the Board of Governors for the Houston Grand Opera. She previously served on the boards of United Airlines, the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, United Way of Battle Creek, Grinnell College, Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Evanston Hospital, and served on the Legal Advisory Committee of the New York Stock Exchange. Kelly was awarded a bachelor of arts degree in history, with honors, from Grinnell College in 1979. She earned a juris doctorate from Yale Law School in 1983.

Rand C. Berney is senior vice president, Corporate Shared Services, for ConocoPhillips. Berney began his career with Phillips Petroleum Company in 1981 as a senior staff accountant in controllers for exploration and production. After holding various financial management positions in exploration and production, gas and gas liquids and corporate tax, he was named associate tax officer in 1992, assistant treasurer in 1993, assistant controller in 1995, and general auditor in 1996. He was vice president and controller from 1997 until being named to his current position in 2009. Berney is a certified public accountant, a certified management accountant and a certified internal auditor. He is a member of the Oklahoma Society of CPAs, the Financial Executive Institute, the Tax Executives Institute, the Conference Board Controllers Council, the API Accounting Committee, the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Institute of Management Accountants. Berney was born in 1955 in Phillipsburg, Kansas. He graduated from Kansas State University in 1977 with a bachelor of science degree in accounting. In 1985, he received a master’s degree in business administration from Oklahoma State University.

Red Cavaney is senior vice president, Government Affairs, for ConocoPhillips. He is responsible for the company’s federal, state and international policy and government affairs efforts, as well as its communications and public affairs activities. Prior to joining ConocoPhillips in 2008, Cavaney was president and chief executive officer of the American Petroleum Institute (API). Before joining API in 1997, Cavaney was president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the American Paper Institute and founding president and CEO of the American Plastics Council and the American Forest & Paper Association. He also served on the senior White House staffs of Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, and was president of Ericson Yachts, Inc., a major U.S. yacht manufacturer. He was honorably discharged as a lieutenant from the U.S. Navy, following three tours of combat duty in Vietnam. Cavaney is a member of the board of directors of Buckeye Technologies and the executive committee and board of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, among others. Cavaney was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He has a bachelor's degree in history and economics from the University of Southern California.

Harald Norvik, 62, strategic advisor of Econ Pöyry AS. Chairman, president and CEO of Statoil from 1988 to 1999. Chairman of the board of Telenor ASA and also a director of Petroleum Geo-Services ASA. Lives in Nesoddangen, Norway.

Biography Photo Harold McGraw III Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Harold McGraw III, age 60, has been Chairman of the Board since 2000 and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 1998. Prior to that, Mr. McGraw had been President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since 1993. He was Executive Vice President, Operations, of the Company from 1989 to 1993. Prior to that, he was President of the McGraw-Hill Financial Services Company, President of the McGraw-Hill Publications Company, Publisher of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine and Vice President, Corporate Planning. Before joining the Company in 1980, he held financial positions at the GTE Corporation. Mr. McGraw serves on the Boards of Directors of ConocoPhillips and United Technologies Corporation. He is Chairman of The Business Roundtable and Chairman of the Emergency Committee for American Trade (ECAT). He is a member of The U.S. Trade Representative’s Advisory Committee for Trade, Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN) and The Business Council. He is Chairman of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy and serves on the Board of the Council for Economic Education and is on the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Hall as well as the Board of The New York Public Library. He also is a member of the Boards of the National Organization on Disability, The National Academy Foundation, the Asia Society and Hartley House. Mr. McGraw has served as a Director of the Company since 1987 and is Chair of the Executive Committee.

James E. Copeland, Jr., 64, CEO of Deloitte & Touche USA, and its parent company, Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu, from 1999 to 2003. Served as a director of Coca-Cola Enterprises from 2003 to 2008. A director of Equifax since 2003. Also serves as a director for Time Warner Cable Inc. Lives in Duluth, Ga.

Richard H. Auchinleck, 57, president and CEO of Gulf Canada Resources Limited from 1998 to 2001. Chief operating officer of Gulf Canada and CEO for Gulf Indonesia Resources Limited from 1997 to 1998. Also a director of Enbridge Commercial Trust and Telus Corporation. Lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Victoria J. Tschinkel, 61, director of the Florida Nature Conservancy from 2003 to 2006. Senior environmental consultant to law firm Landers & Parsons from 1987 to 2002. Former secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation. Lives in Tallahassee, Fla.

William E. Wade, Jr., 66, former president of ARCO (Atlantic Richfield Company), and executive vice president, worldwide exploration and production, from 1993 to 1998. Also served as president of ARCO Oil & Gas Company and ARCO Alaska. Served on the boards of ARCO, Burlington Resources, Lyondell Chemical Company and Vastar Resources. Lives in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.